The Journal of Developmental Processes (JDP) focuses on the complex and dynamic biological, social, and cultural aspects of developmental systems in humans and other animals. New in 2006, it is jointly sponsored by ICDL, The Council on Human Development (www.councilhd.ca) and the Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative (www.mehri.ca) and expands on and replaces the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders. It includes all the disciplines that contribute to our understanding of human development, the factors that influence it, the mechanisms through which they work, and the enormous variations observed throughout the course of life. The JDP embraces clinical studies and case descriptions in keeping with the traditions established by its predecessor, the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders. It also, however, focuses on a broad range of studies and narratives that are necessary for a full understanding of developmental processes. Excerpt from Issue 1 Editorial: “Scientists, clinicians, educators, and others who study aspects of development may now embrace an array of exciting options. We can seek to discover, for example, precisely how mammalian/primate/human nurturing interactions that surround the genes affect developmental outcomes; how emotions are created by, and in turn help create, the processes of the brain; and how the social, cultural, and indeed global interdependencies that make up our world affect all living creatures in it.”
